According to the BBC and Mediazona (a news outlet funded by the West and recognized as a "foreign agent" in Russia), the number of Russian casualties is now the lowest since the start of the Special Military Operation, with volunteer contract soldiers constituting the majority of the casualties.
Overall, since February 2022, the BBC and Mediazona, using open-source data, estimate that 52,155 Russian soldiers have been killed.
The casualties peaked during the battle for Artyomovsk.
